I was warmly greeted by Rocky, my tour guide, at the hotel. Being the last one to be picked up, we headed straight to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. It was bitter cold, but that didn’t stop Rocky one bit, he was very informative, had a good sense of humor and equipped with his camera, shooting pictures of the sights and of the people in the group, it was like bringing along your own photographer! Next stop was the highlight of the trip, the Great Wall. On the way to the Great Wall, Rocky arranged lunch at the restaurant, and we arrived with all the food ready to go, perfectly planned. The Great Wall was amazing, not crowded at all, we had plenty of time to explore and take pictures. On the way back to the hotel, Rocky shared his photos with us! I can’t wait to get back hotel to see them! I highly recommend this trip and Rocky.

The tour was excellent. The guide was extremely well informed and fluent. He provided excellent information about a vast sweep of Chinese History. He gave detailed answers to questions. He led at a good pace, and showed us the best positions for taking photos of the Terracotta warriors. He also offered us additional experiences beyond the official tour, and continued to correspond with us about the site and the area in general after the conclusion of the tour. These kind of tours are all about the quality of the guide, and this was a very good and patient guide. Thoroughly recommended.

We did the 14 day Beijing to China trip. It was an absolutely fabulous trip from the minute we arrived we were really looked after after by great guides, First in Beijing by Kitty, then Carol Chen in X'ian. Kevin in Chengdu, and Sophie Lee in Shanghai, they all spoke great English, where very knowledgeable on their area and went out of their way to make a memorable experience for us all. The choice of hotels and locations were perfect, the 3 day Cruise down the Yantzee is a must (but upgrade your allocated restaurant to VIP it's not expensive but it is quieter than the main one). I would especially like to thank Sophie Lee for assisting us with a problem in Shanghai that she took onboard and sorted for us. Would really recommend this tour and TravelChinaGuide.

I‘m very pleased with Travel China Guide Tours, we went through a lot of back and forth with them before we finally settled on this tour and another day tour in Xi‘an. Everything is as expected and advertised, pleasant relaxed and well organised itinerary. Our Guide Rocky in Beijing took professional pictures throughout the day and shared them with us at the end of the trip, which was a very nice touch!

As part of the excellent Classic China Tour we spent two days in Guilin with the very helpful and informative QiuyanLi as our guide for the area.

QiuyanLi ('Li' for short) met us at the airport and took us to the very impressive Reed Flute Cave complex which we really enjoyed. It can, apparently, be very busy but was not at all crowded when we visited so Li was able to show us around the caves without any difficulty.

From there we headed towards the city to see Elephant Trunk Hill. Unfortunately, it was extremely crowded and noisy around the best viewing areas when we visited making it hard to see the best views or hear all of the commentary, despite Li's best efforts.

Our hotel, the Sheraton, was in a great location close to the river and city centre and we found the buffet style breakfasts in the coffee shop were excellent though it was very crowded both mornings. Our room was OK but just a little tired and disappointing compared to some of the others on the tour. Two comfortable chairs would have been better that just one for a couple.

The city is very interesting and friendly with markets and food options of all sorts though we did encounter some issues with misunderstandings over language translations but that can all be part of the travel experience in a foreign country.

We discovered that one of the best (and reasonably priced) options for a local meal is, ironically, the Irish pub next to the hotel which had almost no Irish meal options but some excellent Chinese ones making it a favourite of many of the locals, including Li!

The artificial waterfall which flows over the side of the Waterfall Hotel in the city at certain times in the evening is as spectacular as it is unexpected and worth the short walk.

The beautiful cruise to Yangshuo on the Li River was outstanding and one of the highlights of the whole tour. Li came along and made sure we missed nothing. It was wonderful! We had been warned that the lunch provided on the cruise might be disappointing but we enjoyed it very much and found the hospitality on the boat to be excellent.

Yangshuo was a very interesting and attractive little town where we had time for a short break before heading out to the countryside to walk around a small farming village which was quite interesting and showed us a very different aspect to local life.

There was an optional evening cruise on the Li River in the city area. We nearly didn't bother but that would have been a huge mistake. It was breathtaking and another of the highlights of our whole trip! It is so good that we think it should be included as part of the main tour. Guilin really puts on a show! Li, again, came along to make sure that we really enjoyed ourselves.

Thanks, Guilin and thanks QiuyanLi.

I was nervous planning a solo trip to China on short notice with no prior knowledge of China, and my travel dates didn’t align with any existing tour package from any company I could find. I’m so glad I stumbled upon Travel China Guide and *especially my travel consultant Leslie* who created an itinerary specifically for me. Before the trip, she spent considerable time emailing back and forth with me extensively to design the trip I wanted, and continued emailing back and forth to make adjustments and refinements until we had every last detail just right. She arranged train travel between cities, train station drop offs and pick ups, hotel transfers—everything. And once I was in China, she stayed in touch regularly by text to make sure each day went as planned, that I got to the right train platforms, was met by drivers and tour guides as scheduled, and that every other detail went smoothly and according to plan. It’s really hard to say enough about how conscientious, helpful, and available Leslie was at every stage, from being to end. I’m glad I found Leslie, and I would recommend Leslie without hesitation as a travel planner and consultant to anyone.

Our family just completed the two day highlights of Beijing tour. Our guides were Lucy on day one and Rocky on day two. You couldn’t ask for better tour guides. We had a great experience both days.
Good communication to confirm pickup time, on time pickup, a very comfortable van, professional driver and lotsa water.
Both of our guides were extremely knowledgeable. They shared interesting information in a clear and humorous way. They went above and beyond to meet the needs of each tour member. We would highly recommend this tour.
Thanks Rocky! Thanks Lucy!

We were on a 14 day small group tour of China with ChinaTravelGuide starting in Beijing.

The guide for our very busy three days in Beijing was the wonderful Candy. She took us to Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, Yonghe Temple, Temple of Heaven, the Beijing Opera Show, a Hutong, the Mutianyu Great Wall, the Beijing Zoo Panda House and the Summer Palace before escorting us to the airport to catch our flight to our next city.

Candy was very knowledgable and made sure that we all saw and understood as much as possible in the very busy three days that she was looking after. It would have been impossible to see as much as we did without her help and guidance.

None of us in our group will ever forget her and her call of "Follow Candy" as she led us through the, often very busy, locations in this massive city. In fact we called ourselves the 'Follow Candy Group' for the rest of the tour around China.

I was once a tour guide myself so recognise it when the job is done well - this was an excellent tour given the time available.

One of the highlights of our trip to China! ???? We took the chairlift route and walked to the cable car station along the wall, which was enough of a hike and you really get amazing views of the section of the wall. We also enjoyed the Forbidden City, which you could easily spend days exploring. The whole tour was well organised and our guide Selina made sure we understood the history, along with answering all of our questions. I would highly recommend the tour and we can only thank Selina for looking after us while in Beijing!

We were on a 14 day tour of China with ChinaTravelGuide and spent two full days (3 nights) in Xi'an with Celine as our local tour guide.
The tour and Celine were excellent and we really enjoyed our stay.
Celine was very helpful and informative and made sure that everything went well for us and that we learnt lots of interesting facts as well as having fun during our very busy time in Xi'an.
We particularly enjoyed the Terracotta Warriors. It was really good to be able to meet Mr Yang, one of the farmers who first unearthed the warriors and also very satisfying to be able to make our own small replicas of the warriors.
Xi'an is an interesting city and we especially like exploring the old city walls and meeting local people nearby as well as exploring the Muslim Quarter.
The Tang Dynasty Show was even better than we were expecting it to be (though going to it did make it a very long day, we were glad that we did).
Thanks, Celine, for making it all so enjoyable. I was once a tour guide myself so recognise a professional when I meet one.

The organization of the whole tour was excellent. I arrived late at my hotel, but the tour guide has taken an effort to ensure I am aware of pick-up time by leaving a message at hotel front office.

Mr Yang, the driver arrived on time for the pick up and Carol met us accordingly at next stop point.

Carol is very knowledgeable on the history of Xi'an, and explained the history of Terracota Armies, during the journey to the Museum. During the tour, she articulate clearly on each sections of the Museum.

Carol also was very accomodating to my muslim dietary needs and help me with my lunch at Terracota Museum.

The tour to City Wall, Pagoda and Xi'an Museum was also wonderful due to Carol clear explanation.

Very happy with the tour and would highly recommed this tour to those visiting Xi'an.

We had an amazing time and I highly recommend going on a tour versus doing on your own! Celine (our guide) was very friendly, helpful, and informative. She provided us with the history of the terracotta warriors, the goose pagoda, and the city wall which was all very interesting. She also made recommendations on food to order at lunch and suggested biking part of the wall which made for an even better experience. Celine was thoughtful and checked in with us to make sure we got to the airport ok the next day. Can’t recommend it enough.

The best day tour I’ve ever done! The highlight, of course, was the terracotta warriors. They were incredible and there was the right mix of being escorted and free time.
Tracy was an amazing guide, very informative and organised. There was so much packed into the day, but it didn’t feel rushed. A must for anyone who wants to see the highlights of X’ian in a day!

Travel China Guide provided wonderful service from start to finish. In addition to accepting modifications to their standard tour schedule, they helped us make travel and hotel reservations that preceded their tour schedule.

It was a dream trip. We had a wonderful time wherever we went. The guides' English language skills were excellent and their local knowledge added so much to our appreciation of Chinese culture and history. We especially enjoyed the amount of time we spent viewing ancient bronze and ceramic relics at the Sanxingdui and the Jinsha Site Museums in Chengdu – the original inspirations for our trip. Walking around the Leshan Giant Buddha was another highlight among many.

Every morning was a pleasure when we met our guides and drivers waiting for us in our hotel lobby. We hit it off so well and so quickly with our guides that we felt as though we were traveling with close friends. We laughed a lot. The drivers did remarkable jobs of safely maneuvered through heavy city traffic and on the open roads. The very modern hotel accommodations were excellent, with meals and available services meeting all our needs and exceeded our expectations.

What an unbelievable great experience was this day!|
My fantastic tour guide Lily and the driver picked me up at 8am at my hotel and we started the tour at the Tarracotta army.
What you see on the television is nothing compared with really seeing this with your own eyes, unbelievable and magnificent. We visited all the pits and afterwards we had a nice lunch.
Also I have met one of the two still living farmers who discovered the terracotta army in 1974 and bought a nice book from him, which he signed for me.
This visit took most of the time, afterwards Lily and the driver took me to the Xi'an museum which is located at the Pagoda and then to the City Wall.
Also both very beautiful to see and the knowledge of the tour guide is incredible!
At the end of the afternoon I was tired and we decided to skip the Muslim Bazar, but the day after I went there myself, it was close to my hotel. I would also recommend to visit this area, the food experience over there is unbelievable.
I really learned a lot of this old city and bought back home some great memories that I won't forget anymore.

Tracy is a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable and with great communication skills. She introduced us to every site with a very detailed explanation before getting in, in order to let us enjoy the place once inside and complete with few more info. She even explained facts related to Chinese culture that had nothing to do with thr tour, but regarding Chinese everyday life, which personally I totally appreciated. The tour is well thought, small group with no waste of time, no sto at shopping places for tourists. Definitely recommended!!!

Thanks Rita for making the trip memorable. Though the day was cold and cloudy the presence of Rita made the trip a grand success. We saw all that was promised in the itinerary. Unlike many other tours the guide never pushed us to buy things. All our questions were answered and history explained well. Rita is knowledgeable, polite and caring. She also suggested things to do after the trip got over.
I highly recommend this trip to visitors.

Our family (2 Adults, 2 children) booked a private tour to the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. Our guide, Lucy, was fantastic and an all round wonderful guide. She was attentive and accommodating throughout the tour, and went to greet lengths to ensure that my children's needs were met. Will definitely want to travel with Lucy again! Highly recommended!

I had the absolute pleasure of spending the day with Lucy. She was great with communications prior to our tour and was simply superb today while on tour. We spent the morning at The Forbidden City and then traveled on to the Great Wall. Lucy speaks excellent English and her knowledge of the Forbidden City was impressive. Even though this was a private tour, I was originally scheduled to go to the Badaling section of the GW, but Lucy suggested we drive a bit more to the Mutianyu section of the wall. I am so glad she recommended this as it was not crowded at all. This made my entire tour today worth the time and expense.
If you find yourself in Beijing, I highly recommend this private tour and hope that you are lucky enough to spend your day with Lucy. It feels like I made a new fried.

We spent two days in Xian as part of an 18 day tour arranged with Travel China Guide.

We were met at the station by our guide Tracy and our driver. Tracy was very experienced and knowledgeable, providing lots of historical information.

Tracy arranged for us to go to a great dumpling theatre show in the evening, and made a number of adjustments to our itinerary to tailor it to our needs/wants. She arranged to switch our included lunch from food at the Muslim quarter street food market, to instead a great Biang Biang noodles and Rou Jia Mo place, and it was excellent! She also added in a stop at a famous Chinese brush painting shopping street, with shop after shop selling high quality equipment.

On our last day, because of the tweaks made we could have a longer breakfast at our hotel and keep to a more relaxed pace, which was just what we needed!

But, even then we did finish a tour of the walls and were very early for our train so had a long wait at the station, which gave us time to get a decent meal.

We had a fantastic time in Chengdu and Leshan!

Our guide Bella was amazing, she was like our little sister! She took amazing care of us, especially rescuing my wife when she was exhausted, helping us find somewhere to rest and eat.

We really appreciated what she taught us about Chinese Buddhism at Leshan and loved the bubble tea she introduced us to!

The pandas were amazing of course, and Bella worked really hard to get us good views. She clearly went above and beyond, doing little things like picking me up some Sichuan spices after I’d asked where to buy them!

She made us feel at home in Chengdu and we’d love to return and meet Bella again!

This was the first stop on our 18 day tour of China, assisted by Travel China Guide.

We met our guide Helen and everything went like clockwork! She was very experienced, we loved the boat ride through Tongli and ambling through the shopping streets of Tianzifang. We loved the different gardens!

Helen was very knowledgeable, and because of wet weather, Helen helped us tailor our itinerary by switching out a Bund walk and instead squeezing a trip to the brand new Shanghai East museum instead! Our hotel was on the Bund so this was perfect for us!

Thanks Helen!

We had a fantastic time in Guilin and Yangshuo and our guide Tom Wu and our driver were great.

We were met at the station, all be it with a little wait as there was a mixup with which station, so do double check!

We saw all the sites in Guilin and Yangshuo and found it truly beautiful and a great rest stop on our extended 18 day trip.

I asked about the local cuisine and Tom took us to a great local place for a hearty bowl of rice noodles!

The next day Tom had some suggestions for tweaks to our itinerary to make it more relaxed, and surprised us with a trip to an ancient village and a wonderful restaurant. We really appreciated that!

Travel China guide were happy for us to choose our own hotels, and the guide and driver were always on time and helped us with bags and everything.

Overall we felt well looked after, learned lots of historical ands cultural information and appreciated having a local guide with great local knowledge. Thanks Tom!

Travel China Guide arranged a flight into Zhangjiajie, where we were met by our wonderful guide Lindsay!

Lindsay took great care of us, helping us navigate the queues, running ahead into the buses to grab us seats and even offering sweets to help with any dizziness!

She arranged some fantastic food in Wulingyuan, and we had really great conversations as we took an amazing long walk along the Grand Canyon!

Lindsay took amazing photos, a talented photographer and we really appreciate having those photos!

It was like visiting family, when we left, Lindsay even talked to the train station security to let her come through with us and waved us off goodbye!

All in all an amazing trip despite the foggy weather!

We had a wonderful time in Xian where we visited the Terracotta Army. Our guide Celin gave us competent insights into the history of the first Chinese emperor Qín Shihuángdì. She speaks very good English, is always friendly, cheerful and helpful. Celin knows every corner of the Terracotta Museum, the best photo spots and can tell you something about every exhibit. Many thanks to Celin

We worked with Amy Jian of Travel China Guide over a series of months to tailor an amazing 18 day trip around China!

Amy was so helpful, providing advice, helping us make payments from the UK, providing documentation to assist with our visa applications and more besides.

Amy helped shape our itinerary, and tailored it all with us choosing to book our own hotels due to some preferences and access to corporate rates available to us. Amy provided recommendations and adaptations to facilitate my wife who has mobility issues.

All of the guides they arranged for us were amazing, really diverse and we learned so much from them. It’s our first holiday of this scale done as a private tour rather than group tour and it made such a difference, getting to know all the guides!

It was a trip of a life time and we would definitely recommend and use them again!

Travel China Guide arranged a fantastic tour for us in Beijing!

Our guide Candy was very knowledgeable, funny and informative! She paced everything really well for us, sorting out access to a lesser visited painting gallery at the Forbidden City, and giving us plenty of time to ourselves at the Great Wall to relax, take photos and enjoy the autumn colours. She also recommended not going in the morning to avoid the big group tours and instead to go in the afternoon, a brilliant tip as we had much of the Wall to ourselves!

Candy spoke to the driver and learned he had a painter in his family and so they helped provide great tips to my wife on where best to shop for good quality material!

The arranged food was fantastic, a really traditional courtyard restaurant famous for Peking duck, and the broad beans side was delicious as well!

I honestly can say that our first day in Beijing could have not gone any better. Weather was lovely to start with, we started the day very early with a shuttle pick up, it was about 10 of us but everyone was super lovely, Kevin took care of us from the very first moment. Great communication skills. We briefly stopped at Tiananmen square for a few picks and then straight into the Forbidden City, very historical place and Kevin explained us all the history behind it. After this we headed to the great wall of China, quick buffet lunch which I found was really nice and then off to the 2 people cable cart ( otherwise it is a 50 min walk. Once you reach the top, you really are blown away by the views.

Kevin explained that he took us to a side of the wall that is not busy and also tends to be quite in the PM. We were happy about that and in fact not too many people were there.

You will spend about 2 hours there which will run out quick if you like to walk all the way to the different towers.

Unforgettable trip! Thank you

This is a great tour cover two the key landmarks in China: the Forbidden City/Palace Museum & Great Wall. Helen was my guide and she was phenomenal! She was very knowledgeable and shared so much story with us. She also knew great photo spots away from crowds. Helen even offered to take many pictures for us. As a solo traveler I really appreciated this. Helen even brought us some water and snacks. I highly recommend this tour and ask for Helen!

The tour was very well organized and informative. Kevin was a great guide as well, very pleasant and friendly.
The vehicle was clean, I appreciate the hotel pick up/drop off and the water bottles.
Visiting the Great Wall in the afternoon was a great plan as well given the crowds are less.
Definitely would recommend this tour